Improvement in oil-can spouts



waited @ltesten patent dttljire.

SAMUEL MoYLE, JR., 0E RRIDGEPORT,"gooNNEorIenr, AssieNoR To HuusELE AND Ast-[BELL J. CARRIER, 0E SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No.103,644, dated May 31, 1870.

The Schedulevreferred to in theser Letters Patent and making part of the sant.

' companying drawing which makes part ot' this specication, in which- Y Figure 1 is a perspective view of the spout, with the stopping apparatus attachedLbut showing the spout open for pouriug,&c.

Figure 2 is au enlarged section of the same, cut longitudinally through the center of all the parts, showing the position of the stopping apparatus when it closes the spout.

My improvement consists in fitting a cap with a proper cork or stopper in it, which cap, 8m., is to be held down by means of a helical spring, slipped onto a rod which is connected with thecap, and works in a stud secured to the spout. A

I take any can or filler for holding kerosene or any other oil or fluid, and solder, or otherwise attach to the outside of the spout A, figs. 1 and 2, a. block or stud, 4as represented at B, figs. 1 and 2, through which I pass a rod, as represented at a, figs. 1 and 2, to move the cap B as required, to open and close the spout.

On the rear portion of this rod'a, I place a helical spring, as represented at c', figs. 1 and 2, which 1 secure in its place by a proper knob, as shown at d, figs. 1 and 2.

lo work or operate this apparatus with the thumb and finger, I take hold of the knob d, and push it in the direction indicated bythe dart, or toward the end of the spout, so as to raise or remove the cap b from the end of the spout A, so that'I can turn it on either side, as indicated at b, fig. 1, so that the spout may deliver' the oil or other uid with perfect freedom.

When I desire to close the spout or nozzle, 1l push the rod a in the direction indicatedby the dart, so as vto raise the cap b above the mouth of the spout, and

then turn it a part way .round so as to bring the cap over the end of the spout, so that, when released, the spring c will press down the cap II), so as to close the spout A, as indicated in section in iig. 2, so that the cork e will entirely stop the spout.

iVhat I claim as niy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the cap l), and its stopper, e, with the spring c, rod a, and spout A, when coustructed, arranged, and fitted for use substantially as herein described and set forth.

SAMUEL MOYLE, J n.

Witnesses:

lJAMES H. STEWART, SAM. B. SUMNER. 

